Fig lang notes personification idiom alliteration
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Figurative Language Notes (NB p. 15) - Personification, Idiom & Hyperbole Use the following slides to complete you Figurative Language flipchart on p. 15 of your ELA Spiral. Fill in the blanks for the definition, read the examples given, and follow the directions on the slides to complete the “Example from Text” section of your flipchart.
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Figurative Language Notes (NB p. 15) - Personification, Idiom & Hyperbole
Use the following slides to complete you Figurative Language flipchart on p. 15 of your ELA Spiral. Fill in the blanks for the definition, read the examples given, and follow the directions on the slides to complete the “Example from Text” section of your flipchart.
Personification :
A nonhuman object/subject is given human characteristics.
Examples: Even diamonds are jealous of your beauty.
The climbing rope laughed at my weak efforts
to climb.
Directions: Visit the following web site http://safeshare.tv/w/qHFAWDLJom. Watch the video, locate one example of personification, copy down as the “Example from Text” in your flip chart.
Idiom:An idiom is an expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
To act crazyRaining very
hard
Examples: The soccer players were going bananas after their victory.
It’s raining cats and dogs outside.
Directions: Using the next slide, locate an idiom, its meaning, and example sentence. Copy down the idiom’s example sentence word-for-word in your figurative language flip chart. Then, underline the idiom. Next, write the idiom’s meaning below the copied sentence .
*Bull in a china shop*“You have knocked over three things. You are like a bull in a china shop.”- You are clumsy when you should be careful.
*Brings home the bacon*“In our family, my dad brings home the bacon.”- The person who brings home the bacon is the person who earns the money that the family lives on.
*Snug as a bug in a rug*“He was snug as a bug in a rug, curled up in his chair with his blanket. - You are snuggled in and are very comfortable and safe.
*Butterflies in her stomach*“She had butterflies in her stomach as she walked onto the stage.”- The feelings you get in your stomach when you are nervous or
afraid. *Ants in your pants*
“Would you sit still? You act link you have ants in your pants.”- If you have ants in your pants you are excited and squirmy and can’t sit still.
* *Let the cat out of the bag*“That was a secret and you let the cat out of the bag.” - To share a secret that wasn’t supposed to be shared.
IDIOMS – Example sentences and meanings
HYPERBOLE :Exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
Examples: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
It took my sister one hundred years to
clean her room.
Directions: Visit the following web site https://safeshare.tv/x/ss58ca80b1eaaea. Watch the video of the poem “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” by Shel Silverstein. Next, locate one example of hyperbole in the poem, and copy it word-for-word in your figurative language flip chart. A printed copy of the poem is on the next slide.
